Daughter, who was coaxed by her mother to follow her father home, ended up raped.
A father of eight was sentenced to 18 years’ jail and 10 strokes for raping his 10-year-old daughter last September.
Kota Baru Sessions Court judge Ahmad Bazli Bahruddin on Dec 17 meted out the sentence after the man pleaded guilty.
Ahmad ordered the sentence to begin from Oct 13, the date the 50-year-old trader was arrested.
The man was alleged to have raped his daughter, then aged 10 years and four months, at an unnumbered house in Beris Kubur Besar, Bachok, between 9.30pm and 11.15 pm on Sept 22.
It was learned that the accused had gone to his ex-wife’s house to fetch the victim to stay at his home prior to the incident but the victim refused to follow him.
However, after coaxing by her mother, she agreed to follow her father.
At about 11.30pm, when the victim was sent home by her sister, her mother noticed she was behaving differently and questioned her.
The victim then told her mother that she had been raped and that this was not the first time.
On Oct 12, the father went to his ex-wife’s house again and wanted to take the victim to his house, but the mother refused to allow him to take the girl.
The mother then filed a police report.
Deputy public prosecutor Siti Hajar Alias prosecuted while the accused was not represented.